Shasta-Yolo-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Connelly, Francis 1817 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

FRANCIS CONNELLY came to California in 1850 and is consequently one of the early
settlers of the country who have acted their humble part in founding this great
State. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, June 28, 1817. His parents, John
and Nancy (Bard) Connelly, were intelligent and industrious Irish people, who
came to the United States in 1821, settling at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where
they resided and raised their children. Five of their nine children are still
living. Mr. Connelly, the subject of this sketch and their eldest son, learned
the trade of carpentry in Pennsylvania, worked there on a farm a few years, and
removed to Iowa and purchased a farm of ninety-six acres, which he cleared and
where he built a residence; at times he worked also at his trade. He sold his
Iowa property and came to California in 1850, and mined on Scott River and at
French Gulch. He had good claims, but was not an experienced miner and did not
know how to make the best of it; yet did fairly well. Ten men of them in one
afternoon on Scott's Run took out $2,000. In 1852 he went back to Iowa and
remained there eight years, and in 1860 returned to California and settled
eighteen miles below Sacramento on a farm. Sickness drove him from that place
and he went to Yolo County, purchased property, built a house and worked at his
business there ten years, when he sold and went to Millville and took up 160
acres of Government land. After improving the claim he soon exchanged it for
another place, and after making some improvements there, he sold it and moved
into the town of Millville, purchased lots, built a house and shop and has
resided there since, following the carpenters' wagon-making and undertakers'
trades.

  In 1842 he was married to Miss Rebecca Bates, a native of the State of New
Jersey and they have had seven children, six of whom are living, namely: Joseph,
John, Jackson, Sarah Ann, Jefferson and Eliza.

  Mr. Connelly is a Democrat and a strong temperance man, belonging to the Good
Templars. He is an honest and reliable citizen and makes his money by his
industry.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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